Spoon holder



March 13, 1945 N MANG|N| 2,371,537

SPOON HOLDER Filed June 22, 1944 INVENTOR NICHOLHS mnwem ATTORNEYPatented Mar. 13, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SPOON HOLDER NicholasMangini, Waterbury, Conn. Application June 22, 1944, Serial No. 541,622

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This invention relates to cooking utensils, and

more particularly to a spoon holder to be attached to the sideof acooking pan for suspending the spoon in raised position with the bowl ofthe spoon above the pan cover.

One object of the present invention is to provide a device of the abovenature which may be quickly and easily attached to and detached from thecooking pan, and which will hold the spoon with its handle locatedoutside the pan in convenient position to be easily grasped by the userwhenever desired.

A further object is to provide a device of the above nature which willbe simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to installand manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance, 7

and very eflicient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, there have been illustrated in theaccompanying drawing two forms in which the invention may be embodied inpractice.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 represents a side view, partly in section, of the first form ofthe invention showing the spoon-holding bracket attached to the handleof a sauce pan and with the spoon extending inwardly above the coverthereof.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spoon-holding bracket, shown indetached position.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a modified form of the invention in whichthe spoon-holding bracket is attached to an angular side lug which isrigidly secured to the body of a difierent type of cocking pan.

Referring now to the drawing in which like conveniently referencenumerals denote corresponding .parts throughout the several views, thenumeral [0 indicate the body of a sauce pan having an elongated roundedhandle I I, said-handle having a flat inner section [2 and a dependingsection l3 rigidly secured to the outside of the pan at the top thereof.outstanding rim located at the top portion of the pan In which isadapted to be protected by a cover l5 having at its center amanipulating knob.

IS. The cover 15 is provided on its under surface with an annularshoulder I! shaped to fit over the rim [4.

In order. to support the spoon in substantially horizontal positionabove the handle H and the cover T5 of the pan l0, provision is made ofa screw rod t8 which is adapted to be held in substantially verticalposition by a pair of nuts I9, 20 located above and below'said handle.said screw The numeral 14 indicates a short plane, as indicated by thedotted lines in the leftv hand recess 22 of Fig. 3. By means of thisconstruction the bowl 30 of the spoon 28 will be held in operatingposition, spaced above the underlying cover l5, as shown in Fig. 1, andwith the handle located outside the sauce pan l0, where it-will berelatively cool.

Operation 'In operation, the spoon-holding bracket 2| will first beattached by the screw rod [8 and nuts l9 and 20 to the handle section.12. The shank 29 of the spoon 28 will be held in a vertical plane andinserted into the slot in the edge of the holder, and then passeddownwardly therethrough into the recess. It will then be twisted 90degrees to bring the spoon into the position shown in Fig. 1. In thisposition, the handle or the spoon 28 will be kept outside the sauce panin a cool condition, and the spoon will be accessible for use wheneverdesired.

Modified form In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. '4,the numeral 3| indicates a cooking panv provided with a detachable cover32. The pan 3| has a pair of opposed lateral ears 33, 34, providedv witheyes 35, 36 and 31, 38, respectively. The pan 3t is adapted to be liftedwhenever desired by means of a ball 39 of semi-circular shape, each endof the bail having end loops 39a, 39b which are adapted to pass throughthe eyes 35, 36 and 37, 38, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

A spoon-holding bracket 40' similar to the bracket 2| of the first formof the invention is adapted to be secured to an angle lug 4|, preferablywelded to the cooking pan, by a screw-rod and nuts, similar to thepartsI8, [9 and 20.

While there have been disclosed in this specification two forms in whichthe invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that these forms 1are shown for the purpose of illustration only and that the invention isnot to be limited to the specific disclosures, but may be modified andembodied in various other form without departing cally through saidhandle, nuts on said screw rod to engage the upper and lower sides ofsaid handle to clamp said rod detachably in'position on said handle, ahorizontal solid bracket bar connected to the upper end of said screwrod and having a vertical slot with an enlarged depending cylindricalrecess in its upper surface to detachably receive and hold a spoon whennot in use.

NICHOLAS MANGINI.

